1. Sediment in Motion

2. Weathering The process by which rock is broken down (physical or chemical)

3. Weathering

4. Erosion The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off the ground and carried away

5. Erosion Carried by: water, wind, ice, and/or gravity

6. Erosion

7. Sediment Particles of rock or soil picked up and moved by erosion and deposition.

8. Sediment Heavier sediment is dropped before lighter sediment.

9. Sediment

10. Deposition The process by which sediment, soil, and/or rock is dropped off or deposited into a new location.

11. Deposition

12. Landforms Rivers wear away landforms through erosion and build new landforms through deposition.